jamie mcintire is at the pentagon with more on what's behind the decision. jamie. >> antonio, the pentagon says the increase of what it calls its force protection level from alpha, the lowest to bravo the second lowest comes on the orders of the four star admiral in charge of the u.s. home command, whose job it is to protect the u.s. from foreign threats. his concerns, no time for complacency and all areas are on their a game. in garland texas and the cartoon event there was no specific identifiable threat rather than an increase in social media and internet based discussions that has resulted in what he termed a generally heightened threat environment. the military's force protection level now moves from alpha to bravo with the threat going from increased general to more predictable. the next level charlie is one is likely and delta means an attack is imminent or has occurred. dire warnings about how social media has increased the likelihood of radical attacks. >> you might go your whole life without meeting somebody owho shared your views today it takes you

jamie mcintire is at the pentagon with the latest. >> coalition continues to pound i.s.i.l. targets from the air. this picture showing an i.s.i.l. position being destroyed in a ferocious fire ball. by the pentagon's own account destroyed more than 1700 buildings in a list of more than 6,000 targets hit since the air campaign began nine months ago. while the pentagon cannot confirm the wounding of abu bakar al baghdadi in mrch, or his lieutenant, it does claim to have killed many of its leaders something lloyd austin told congress has derate dedegraded i.s.i.l.'s power. not as important as the fighting of baiji. >> no doubt they will seek to exploit it as a propaganda victory. that's i.s.i.l.'s main objective to give the illusion of strength. they need to win in iraq because if you look around the rest of the country they currently do not have the momentum that they once had. >> pentagon sources say iraqis are essentially cornered, with i.s.i.l. fighters in control of more than 80% of the territory inside the perimeter fence. i.s.i.l. also controls the area outside the fence

jamie mcintire reports from the pentagon on how this happened. >> the pentagon says it is cooperating in an investigation by the centers for disease control and prevention into how the u.s. military mistakenly shipped life anthrax spors spores to a laboratory on monday. it reported last week that some of its samples were live. that sparked a recall of similar shipments to laboratories in a total of nine states and a u.s. military base in korea. besides maryland the states are texas, wisconsin delaware, new jersey tennessee, new york, california and virginia. a pentagon spokesperson says all the samples are retrieved and are inspected to see if any also contained live active spores. the cdc says there's no threat to the public and no suspected or confirmed case of anthrax infection. the shipment is a serious breach of protocol for handling deadly anthrax spores and the agency is investigating along with state and federal agencies. >> jamie mcintire in the pentagon. >>> authorities are asking residents to evacuate, after days of heavy rain and flooding that took lives in texas and oklah

jamie mcintire is at the pentagon jamie. >> alpha to bravo the second lowest comes on the orders of the four star general whose job it is to protect the home land against foreign threats. his message: this is no time for complacency and security personnel need to be on their a game. while citing the recent garland texas attack on an exhibit of car toons of thecartoons of the prophet muhammed, there was no specific identifiable threat but rather an increase in social media and internet based discusses that has suffered what he termed a generally high threat environment. the military protection level moves from alpha to bravo from increased general to more predictable. the next level charlie says it's likely and the next level means it's happened or is imminent. >> if you are a radical jihadist in 1950s level in peoria, you might have gone the whole life without finding someone who shares your views now it takes ten minutes to find someone who shares your views. >> the one thing you should look is the engagement of people on our social media needs. and it's laughable. three retweets, two

jamie mcintire has the latest. this video released from the front line, showing a ferocious fire ball. destroyed more than 1700 buildings in a list it released of more than 6,000 targets hit since the air campaign began nine months ago. while the pentagon cannot confirm either the supposed wounding of anu bakkar al baghdadi last march it does admit to killing 10,000 i.s.i.l. fighters lloyd austin recently told congress has degraded i.s.i.l.'s self proclaimed caliphate. killing top commanders is not as significant as the battle now raging at the strategic baiji oil refinery which the u.s. central command confirms is in danger of falling to forces. >> if they do take it, we have no doubt they will exploit it as a victory. they give the illusion of strength, they need a win in iraq, they currently do not have the momentum they once had. >> pentagon sources say right now iraqi forces are currently cornered with i.s.i.l. in control of more than 80% of the territory inside the perimeter fence. i.s.i.l. also controls the

jamie mcintire is at the pentagon jamie. >> the blame game is if full swing over the embarrassing loss of ramadi. inadequate and ineffective u.s. air strikes and also a lack of support from the shia government in baghdad for the sunni fighters in the field including a shortage of things like ammunition. but pentagon sources tell a much different story. they describe an iraqi force in ramadi that was demoralsed, demoralized dazed and confused oops. >> eight powerful truck bombs that killed 100 an ambush that overwhelmed a small patrol and sand storms that iraqi forces falsely feared would limit air supports. thousands drew out of ramadi in face of an advance from only hungs ofhundreds of i.s.i.l. fighters. it's what ash carter was talking about. >> they withdrew from the site, and that says to me, and i think to most of us, that we have an issue with the will of the iraqis to fight i.s.i.l. and defend themselves. >> reporter: pentagon sources say the iraqi forces in ramadi outnumbered i.s.i.l. 10 o1, enjoying what the pentagon termed a substantial advantage over the enemy. there were 10